The Fujian Association Hall became the Yamen of the Transport Division, and the Taiba Supervisor sent more than a dozen soap subordinates from the Prison Office to listen to it, moved all the "Quiet" and "Avoidance" cards of the Prison Bureau, and even asked the salt merchants in Taizhou City to pay for the repair of the Yamen.

The Tianhou Temple in the hall is now the lobby of the Yunsi Yamen, four soap officers are on duty in the hall with water and fire sticks, and a military attache who is a four-grade military attache is kneeling in front of the hall with his head drooping, but Guo Peilin, the new envoy of the two Huai salt transporters, is not in the hall, but in a room in the backyard while reading the resumes submitted by the salt officials who came to visit, while listening to the report of the salt governor Zhang Yiguo.

After listening to the report, Guo Peilin threw down his resume and said with a gloomy face: "These Qiu Ba who are greedy for life and afraid of death!" The city has not yet broken and ran away without a trace, as soon as I heard that the official arrived in office, all came out, and now I know that the official moved to Taizhou and chased after him! It's also easy to chase it over, and you don't need the official to send someone to check the lock! ”

Xu Ying, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but ask: "Brother Zhong Ji, so you have to deal with all those who escaped from the battle?" ”

"Even Yang Dianbang has been dismissed, let alone them!" Guo Peilin motioned for Zhang Yiguo to get up, thought about it and asked: "Governor Zhang, you have been dealing with bandits outside Yangzhou City, do you know the whereabouts of Liu Liangju and Dan Minglun." ”

"Back to the adult's words, the lower officials don't know."

"I don't know or I don't know?"

"Xia Guan really doesn't know."

"Zhang Tingrui, Lu Wuzeng and others don't care where they are hiding, Liu Liangju and Minglun's whereabouts must be investigated quickly, Yangzhou has fallen, and they cannot escape the blame. The East Window incident and absconded in fear of crime, which is really a big rebellion. ”

Guo Peilin was loud, and Zhang Yiguo was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe, because he just heard a news yesterday that Hubei Governor Bole Gongwu was greedy for life and afraid of death, causing Yuezhou to fall. Then he changed his name and fled all the way to Huangcun outside Beijing, and was captured by the officials of Shuntian Mansion, and the emperor was furious and angrily scolded him for "no guilt." If you don't know the canonical punishment, how can you convince the people of the army", he was immediately beheaded, and Zhou Zupei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Lang Peicheng were sent to be beheaded.

Liu Liangju, Dan Minglun and Zhang Tingrui and others are not only greedy for life and afraid of death, they are even worse than Bole Gongwu, if they don't hide, I'm afraid they will be punished by Ming Zheng. And Liu Liangju and Dan Minglun are salt officials, and Guo Peilin, as the new salt transport envoy, naturally has to send someone to visit Suona.

Xu Ying looks down on people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, but this is the matter of the Yunsi Yamen, he is a fellow governor of Yangzhou Mansion who is not easy to say, and hurriedly returned to the previous topic: "Brother Zhongji, others don't know, Governor Zhang knows, if you don't believe it, you can ask Governor Zhang, is Zhang Zhigao greedy for life and afraid of death, has he lied about his military exploits?" ”

The Yamen of the Yunsi was occupied by the bandits, Guo Peilin, the salt transport envoy, had to move to Taizhou, the salt could not be transported, the salt tax could not come up, and even those big salt merchants who would give money to "serve" as soon as there was something in the court were served by the bandits, and what they took over was a mess, Guo Peilin didn't want to care about the grievances between Xu Ying and Zhang Zhigao, but no matter how Xu Ying was also a fellow villager, he could only ask with a little perfunctory: "Zhang Zhigao lied about his war exploits?" ”

"The bandits advanced invaded and retreated when they reached the west bank of the Baita River, and they did not cross the river at all, let alone fight. But he was so brazen that he claimed to have fought with the bandits for a day, and he also killed more than 200 bandits! Brother Zhong Ji, isn't he lying about his exploits? Thinking that in order to prevent thieves from attacking Taizhou, the City God Temple was demolished to repair the urn city, and Zhang Zhigao not only rebuilt the City God Temple with great fanfare in the past few days, but also gathered a group of old Confucians to write "Taizhou Defense Record", and gave him his own tree monument to set up a biography, Xu Ying said hatefully: "He Zhang Zhigao is not only lying about his military exploits, but also bullying the king!" ”

Guo Peilin didn't want to be mistaken by outsiders for interfering in local government affairs, so he motioned for Zhang Yiguo to step back first, and then asked knowingly: "So the big victory of Baitahe is nothing?" ”

"It's a real thing!"

"What about the victory of Wanfu Bridge?"

"Wanfu Bridge is defended, but it is not a big victory."

Guo Peilin asked: "Why can't you call it?" ”

Xu Ying said bluntly: "Han Zhixing led Xiangyong to intercept the bandits at the Wanfu Bridge, and as far as I know, he did kill a hundred and ten thieves. But the bandits who invaded Wanfu Bridge were not so much defeated by Han Zhixing, but were frightened back by Lord Qi's reinforcements. If the army of the imperial court did not arrive, they would not be able to hold it. ”

"So Wanfu Bridge can be defended, and Lord Qishan is the first to take the lead?"

"It's nature."

Guo Peilin nodded slightly, and then changed his words: "Brother Xu, have you ever wondered why Lord Qi rushed Zhang Zhigao's good news of 600 miles without changing a word?" Could it be that Lord Cheng Qi really didn't know that the bandits who invaded Taizhou were frightened back by the army he personally led? ”

"Lord Qi is blinded!"

"If Lord Qi is so easily deceived, can the emperor order Lord Qi to be sent by Qin to suppress the bandits?" Guo Peilin sighed and patiently explained: "Let's put it this way, the bandits fled east from Wuchang, all the way to conquer the city, and almost all the civil and military officials in the places they passed were frightened, and it was really rare to dare to defend and fight. If the local officials have no intention of killing the thief, it is useless for the soldiers under the command of Lord Qi to use their lives, so Lord Qi, as a Qincha, urgently needs such a great victory, and the imperial court also urgently needs such a great victory! ”

Looking at Xu Ying's surprised look, Guo Peilin continued: "Anyway, Zhang Zhigao and Han Zhixing, as Taizhou officials, not only protected Taizhou, but also prevented bandits from attacking the entire Tongtai. This is not a great victory, not to mention that this great victory was fought by a group of temporarily recruited villagers led by the two of them! ”

"Those villagers who guard Wanfu Bridge were recruited and trained by Han Zhixing when I moved to Taizhou in the first month. The ones guarding the Baita River were also recruited when I moved to Taizhou. ”

"Brother Xu, what's the use of talking about this now?"

"But ......"

"It's nothing, you can only blame you for doing it. But don't be discouraged, others don't know what you are, I know, and I will definitely help you find a job when I have the opportunity. ”

"Brother Xie Zhongji, everything is up to Brother Zhongji."

"They are all fellow villagers, why bother to see outsiders like this."

……

At the same time, Han Xiufeng got out of the sedan chair with the support of Pan Erhe and Datou, only to see that both sides of the gate of the Fujian Hall were full of people, including civil and military officials, Xu officials wearing green cloth robes and carrying packages, and many errand soldiers and green battalion soldiers who had lost their weapons. Zhang Guangcheng also sent the general arrest of the shop soldiers, and stood outside at any time to help the new salt transport envoy deliver official documents.

To his surprise, there were several acquaintances.

Huang Zhiji, the ambassador of the Fu'anchang Salt Division, Wang Yuli, the ambassador of the Anfengchang Salt Division, and several civil officials were talking around a civil official who was wearing a four-rank roof, and Han Chen, who had also just come out of the sedan chair, hurriedly dressed up in official clothes to greet him and saluted.

"Second Young Master, who is that?" Han Xiufeng asked subconsciously.

Zhang Guangcheng leaned into his ear and said: "Yun Tong Sun Jiagan, that is, the Taizhou branch in Dongtai." ”

Yuntong is the abbreviation of the same knowledge of the Salt Transportation Division, and the Salt Transportation Division Tongju (Yunju) and Deputy Envoy (Yundeputy) are stationed in Huai'an, Dongtai and Tongzhou, and manage the 23 salt farms in Huaibei, Huaizhong and Huainan, which is often referred to as the Huai'an Division, Taizhou Division and Tongzhou Division.

A salt farm is similar to a small county, if the peaceful years are aside, the oil and water of the ambassador of the salt department is far more than that of a magistrate of a county, and Yuntong, Yunju and Yunju have jurisdiction over so many salt farms, so there is a saying that "Yuntong official position and state pastor", in other words, they are equivalent to a prefect!

Thinking that Han Chen, as the ambassador of the salt class, naturally wanted to visit his boss when he saw that he was not a salt official, Han Xiufeng was thinking that he was not a salt official, so he didn't need to follow, and a familiar face ran over and shouted in surprise: "Master Han, I can be regarded as seeing you!" Are you okay, is the injury serious? ”

"It turned out to be Guo Tong, it scared me!"

"I'm scared of you, and it's almost as good as you scare me." Guo Tong looked at Han Xiufeng's legs, and then held his arm and said, "Master Han, you said that you are a dignified state and don't recuperate in Taizhou City, what are you going to do in Hai'an." My lord was still thinking about you in the morning, saying that you were injured and had difficulty moving, and planned to let me go to Hai'an to visit in the afternoon, but I didn't think that you would come here, I really said Cao Cao Cao arrived. ”

"What do you say Cao Cao Cao arrived, Cao Cao is a traitor, I am a loyal minister, okay!"

"Look at my mouth, I really can't speak, you are not Cao Cao's big white face, you are the red-faced Guan Gong," Guo Tong was excited when he met an acquaintance in a foreign country, and while helping Han Xiufeng to walk in, he said happily: "As soon as we came out of Qingjiangpu, we heard that you had won a big battle, and the lord didn't believe it at first, saying that you were an inspector, and you didn't do Shangzhou so quickly, until I saw Lord Qincha in Yuan's garden that I knew that the victory of Wanfuqiao was really yours, not to mention how happy my lord was, said that Lord Duan would be even happier if he knew." ”

"Luck, luck."

"I've seen bandits outside Yangzhou, and it's not just luck to march and fight......"

Guo Tong was elated and chattered, and everyone waiting outside was stunned, even Zhang Guangcheng and Han Chen didn't expect that Han Xiufeng not only had a friendship with the new Yunsi, but also had such a deep friendship.

Han Xiufeng didn't know what the people outside were thinking, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he leaned into Guo Tong's ear and said, "Guo Tong, I brought a few boatloads of things with Han Chen, the ambassador of the Jiaoxie Field Salt Division, and there are useful things to eat, I know that you have a lot of people here, so you didn't move to the shore." You know Changsheng and Datou, and you can take a few people to the dock outside the city with Changsheng and Datou to move things over later. ”

"Personally, what are you doing so politely!"

"I am a junior, and it is right to respect my elders, and Ambassador Han is not an outsider, he is a fellow villager with me."

"In this way, Ambassador Han and Master Duan are also fellow villagers."

"Isn't that nonsense?"

"Look at my stupidity, I didn't turn the corner for a while."

Guo Tong smiled, and was about to call someone inside to report, Han Xiufeng looked at the military attache kneeling in the hall and asked curiously, "Guo Tong, what's the matter with that?" ”

"You don't recognize?"

"I'm a civil official, how can I recognize a military attaché."

Guo Tong helped him into a side room on the left, and while motioning for another family member to report, he explained: "That person's surname is Feng, I forgot what his name is." I only know that it is the salt fishing camp division, the official residence is four products, deeply favored by the emperor but greedy for life and afraid of death, before I saw the bandits, I threw down my subordinates and fled, the day before yesterday in the fairy temple was captured by Lord Lei, and was escorted here to hand over to my master. ”

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